I can understand the conclusion that the Iraq invasion was stupid, and the cost in liveshigh, but....We don't know how many Iraqis would have died if Saddam Hussein were still in power.Or how many children would be deprived of medical care. How many Iraqis would die inprison and be tortured (and I'm not talking of panties on the head). We don't knowhow long the U.S. would have maintained the No Fly Zone, protecting the Kurds in theNorth and Shia in the South from hellfire from above. We don't know if Saddam Husseinwould activate his chemical factories and possibly nuclear technology after the inspectorsleft the country. We don't know what terrorism outside the borders of Iraq that Husseinwould bankroll. We don't know the numbers of UN officials Hussein would have bribed.We don't know the extent to which nations and their industries would have dealt withHussein's dictatorship. And we don't know how long Hussein could have maintainedhis dictatorship and how many deaths would happen with his downfall. And we don't knowwhat organization would take control after Hussein. Al Qaeda? Iran? More Baathists?Or if Iraq's neighbors would have invaded. We don't know yet if establishing a democracyin Iraq was a turning point in the war against al Qaeda, the Wahabis and the Ayatollah.This drama is still unfolding, and the historians will have a different view than the majorityof contemporaries in media.